Outcomes of congenital heart disease procedures in Pakistan: a retrospective cohort study using a publicly funded congenital heart surgery programme registry
Mahim Malik, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Salman Shah, Muhammad Asim Khan, Faiz Rasool, Tariq Waqar, Usman Riaz, Zaigham Rasool Khalid, Syed Najam Hyder, Sheikh Abdul Malik, Muhammad Younas, Abdul Razzaq Mughal, Asif Ur Rehman, Farqad Alamgir, Adnan Khan, Masood Sadiq · 2026
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A large team reviews heart surgery results for children in Pakistan in a 2026 paper. The cases came through a state funded program in Punjab that pays for care for heart defects present at birth. The team used the program registry for cases from the start of 2024 to mid 2025.
More than five thousand patients had close to six thousand procedures, split between open surgery and tube based work. Most patients were children, with a median age of six years. Death rates climbed steeply as procedures grew more complex, from near one percent to near thirty. Wealth measures and other traits were also weighed for their links to death and hospital stay.
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| CREATOR | Mahim Malik, Asad Saulat Fatimi, Salman Shah, Muhammad Asim Khan, Faiz Rasool, Tariq Waqar, Usman Riaz, Zaigham Rasool Khalid, Syed Najam Hyder, Sheikh Abdul Malik, Muhammad Younas, Abdul Razzaq Mughal, Asif Ur Rehman, Farqad Alamgir, Adnan Khan, Masood Sadiq |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |